Holder



Dec. 16, 1947. c, EDWARDS 2,432,611

HOLDER Filed Nov. 14, 1945 flare/7a? Kidwaras INVENTOR I ATTORNEY I Patented Dec. 16, 1947 UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE 2,432,611 .HOLDER n qlarence Edwards, Spo.kane; ash. Application :November 14, 1945; Serial No.-62$,45 9

4 Claims. l

This :inventionzrelates to accontainer serving as. a holderfor .sheetsof tissue paper such as used .inbeautyparlors, barber-shops and other places where it is desired tohave convenient for use a supply of paper sheets which will .be held instacked-formation and-may be readily removed individually for use when needed.

One object of the invention is to provide a paper :holder ,so formed that a stack of paper sheets may be deposited therein and held in .up-

right position so .that front sheets of the stack may be readily removed from the stack when needed.

. .Anotherobject of the'invention is to provide a holder consisting of a contaiiier open at its top and having therein a spring tongue which bears against the front of a stack of paper sheets to hold the stack upright in the container, the tongue being of such width that portions of a sheet of paper will be exposed at opposite sides of the tongue so that it may be engaged by a persons fingers and removed when it is to be removed from the container.

Another object of the invention is to provide a container formed from sheet metal, the front wall and side walls being formed from one sheet of metal and the rear wall, bottom, and paper-engaging tongue being formed from a second sheet of metal. It will thus be seen that the entire container may be formed from two sheets of metal which are bent to the proper shape and then united by welding edge portions of the side walls to side edge portions of the rear wall of the container.

Another object of the invention is to provide the container with an abutment member formed by a tongue carried by the rear wall of the container and bent to project forwardly from the rear wall in overlapping engagement with a stack of paper sheets in the container and prevent bodily movement of a stack of paper sheets up- Wardly out of the container while a front sheet is being withdrawn.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the improved paper holder.

Fig. 2 is a sectional View taken vertically along line 2--2 of Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the improved paper holder.

This improved holder for stacked sheets of paper consists of a container which is open at its top and provided with a rear wall I, a front 55 other suitable material which is bent to form the .tongue and thewallspand attention is called to 'tthefa'otthat the. portion of theblank forming the tongue is .tapered towards its .freenend .50 that when the: blank.-is bent to form an upw dly 6 .tendingtonguethe tongue will be gradually re- .'.duced in width.or.tapered-towardsits upper end -.and .thus .allowuportionsiof .the front sheet. 551 anistack of paper. .sheetsafi tobe .engagedwith fingers pressed .againstLthe stack at .oppositesides .ofxthe tongueiandwthe front .sheetshifted .up-

w rdlyandwithdrawn.fromthe stack. .It should also be noted that the tongue is bowed longitudinally so that it will extend upwardly against the inner surface of the front wall a short distance and then slope rearwardly for engagement of its upper end portion of the tongue with the front of the stack of paper sheets. In addition attention is called to the fact that the upper end of the tongue is bent forwardly to provide a lip I which projects so that by grasping this bent end of the tongue it may be sprung forwardly and a stack of paper sheets easily set in place within the container. A tongue 8 projects upwardly from the rear wall midway the width thereof and is bent forwardly at a downward incline and then rearwardly to form a stop 9 Which projects forwardly over a stack of paper sheets to hold the stack firmly against the bottom of the container and prevent it from being shifted upwardly as a whole when a sheet of paper is removed from the front of the stack. The sheet of cardboard II] at the back of the stack of paper sheets serves as a backing for the same and allows a stack of paper to be thrust into the container between the tongue and the rear wall without the paper sheets catching against the rear wall and becoming crumpled as it is moved downwardly into place.

The sheet of material from which the front wall and the side walls are formed corresponds in height to the rear wall and this sheet of material or blank is so bent that adjoining portions of the front wall and the side walls are curved transversely and merge into each other. Rear edge portions of the side Walls are bent inwardly to form flanges I I, and these flanges are spot welded, as shown at l2, so that the flanges will be firmly held in face to face engagement with the rear wall.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A holder for a stack of paper comprising a 3 container open at its top and having a bottom and front and rear walls and side walls, a resilient tongue extending upwardly from the front edge of the bottom against the inner surface of the front wall for a portion of its height and then being bent to extend upwardly at a rearward incline towards the rear wall, said tongue being gradually reduced in width towards its upper end and having its upper end bent forwardly and forming a finger-engaging lip projecting out of the open upper end of the container, and a tongue midway the width of the upper end of the rear wall projecting upwardly therefrom back of the resilient tongue and bent forwardly at a downward incline and then inwardly to form a stop for guiding a stack of paper sheets into the container back of the resilient tongue and engaging over the top of the stack of paper sheets.

2. A holder for a stack of paper comprising a container open at its top and having a bottom and front and rear walls and side walls, the rear wall and the bottom being formed from a single sheet of resilient material, and said sheet of resilient material having a tapered portion bent to form a tongue extending upwardly from the front edge of the bottom and bowed longitudinally towards the rear wall and having its upper end bent forwardly to form a finger-engaging lip.

3. A holder for a stack of paper comprising a container open at its top and having a bottom and front and rear walls and side walls, the rear wall and the bottom being formed from a single sheet of material, the said sheet of resilient material having a tapered portion bent to form a tongue extending upwardly from the front edge of the bottom and bowed longitudinally towards the rear wall and the portion of the sheet forming the rear wall having a tongue extending upwardly intermediate the width of its upper edge and bent downwardly and inwardly to form a stop projecting forwardly from the rear wall for overlapping engagement with a stack of paper in the container.

4. A holder for a stack of paper comprising a container open at its top and having a bottom and front and rear walls and side walls, the front wall and the side walls being formed from a single blank of sheet material, the portions of the sheet forming the side walls having rear edge portions bent to form inwardly extending flanges welded to side edge portions of the rear wall, a stop projecting forwardly from the upper end of the rear wall for guiding a stack of paper sheets into the container and engaging over the upper end of the stack, and a tongue of resilient material extending upwardly from the lower end of the front wall and bent to extend towards the rear wall and apply pressure to the front face of a stack of paper sheets in the container.

CLARENCE K. EDWARDS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the fileof this patent:

FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 2,991 England Dec. 18, 1897 25,856 England Dec. 12, 1905 

